五種簡單方法提高生產能力

5 Easy Ways to Be More Productive, Even on Monday Morning

五種簡單辦法，即使是在週一早上，也能提高生產效率

Having trouble getting out of your own way this morning? Even if you love your job, Monday mornings are rough. If you're not engaged with your work -- and 87 percent of workers aren't -- it's even harder to get into the swing. Here are five little small changes you can make, to make it easier to get back to work after a weekend.

早上是不是很難清醒呢？即使你喜歡你的工作，週一早上也是很辛苦的。如果你的工作不忙（實際上87%的員工都不忙），那就更難進入工作狀態了。下面是5個小建議，這些小變化可以幫你在週末之後輕鬆進入工作狀態。

1. Get up earlier.

1.早起牀

It's tempting to hit that snooze button and put off the work week for just a few more minutes. But getting off to a late start sets you up for a stressful morning and, potentially, a rough week of always feeling justa few minutes behind. Getting up even 15 minutes earlier can make you feel less like you're always playing catch-up.

點擊小睡按鈕，把這周的工作多延後幾分鐘，的確很誘人。但是起得晚會讓你在早上就感到壓力，很可能這周每天早上都會想着多睡一會兒。比平常早起15分鐘，能夠讓你感到不那麼着急。

2. Eat a healthy breakfast.

2.吃一頓健康早餐

If you're in the habit of grabbing a breakfast bar or toaster treat on your way out the door, you're shortchanging yourself on the nutrition front. Most prepared breakfast foods are heavy on sugar, light on protein -- the opposite of what you need to get your morning started right.

如果你早上習慣於在路上買點麪包來當早餐，那麼你就是在營養面前欺騙自己。大多數現成的早餐食品含糖量高，蛋白質少——這與你早上良好開始所需的營養完全相反。

"Sugar provides quick energy, but it comes with an energy and brain function crash a couple of hours later," writes Hanah Cho at Dallas News. "Over time, blood sugar highs and lows can contribute to forgetting details, melancholy, irritability and confusion."

Hanah Cho 在達拉斯新聞報上面寫道：“糖可以快速補充能量，但幾個小時之後就會能量就會耗盡，大腦也會感到睏倦。一定時間內，血糖過高和過低都會造成健忘、憂鬱、易怒和茫然。”

Not a great way to start a busy day of work.

這不是忙碌一天的好開端。

3. Practice mindfulness.

3.練習自己的專注力

Starting a meditation practice seems like a tall order for a Monday. Instead, set aside a minute or two for "micro meditations," the practice of paying attention to breath and posture for just a few minutes at a time. Even in short doses, meditation reduces anxiety and improves concentration, which can translate to higher productivity and better job satisfaction.

週一做冥想練習似乎是很難的一件事。其實不然。抽出一兩分鐘時間來冥想一下，一次花幾分鐘時間來專注呼吸和保持姿勢的練習，即使只有短短的幾次，冥想就能幫助減少焦慮，提高注意力，從而轉化成較高的生產力和較好的工作滿足感。

4. Don't check your email first thing in the morning.

4.不要早上剛起來就查看郵件

Whether you sneak a peek at your email before you even get out of bed or wait until you get into the office, checking your email first thing sets you up for a day of marching to someone else's beat. Do something else for at least half an hour before you start answering your email, suggests Sid Savara.

無論你是在起牀之前還是在到辦公室之前匆匆看一眼郵件，都會讓你的一天跟着別人的節奏走。Sid Savara建議在開始回覆郵件之前，至少是半小時之前，做一些別的事情。

"If you can stand it, wait even longer," he says.

他說：“如果你能忍受的話，那就再晚一些查看郵件。”

If you're used to putting out fires first thing, this will take some getting used to, for both you and your boss. But if you can be heads-down first thing, you'll get a lot more done and have a chance to plan your day before encountering distractions.

如果你習慣於首先看郵件，那麼你和你的老闆都會需要一些時間去適應。但是如果你能夠將首先做的事延遲一會兒，那麼你將會完成更多的事情，並且在受到干擾之前，你還將有機會計劃一天的工作。

5. Plan your day.

5.做好一天的計劃

Before the inevitable meeting requests come rolling in, plan how you'd like to use your time today. Sure, you'll be doing so while knowing that your plans are going to change, but at least you'll have figured out your own priorities before you have to start dealing with someone else's. It's easier to know if you've achieved your goals when you start out with a clear idea of what they are.

在既定會議召開之前，你可以計劃一下其他的時間。當然，你要知道計劃也會改變，但是至少你可以在不得不解決別人的事情之前，優先做自己計劃的事情。當你每天都清楚知道自己所做的事情的時候，你就會很容易瞭解自己是否完成了目標。

Tell Us What You Think

告訴我們你的想法。

What's your best productivity tip for getting stuff done on Mondays?

在週一你是用什麼技巧幫助你提高生產力，順利完成工作任務的？

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